May 11, 2025

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Rabbi Chaim Metzger

Articles by Rabbi Chaim Metzger

The Essence of Our Story

Why do we read the paragraph “Arami Oved Avi…—Ann Aramean tried to destroy my father,” (Devarim 15:5-8) at the Seder? Wasn’t it supposed to be

Fantastic Sukkot Feast

What is the fantastic “Feast of the Leviathan” and what connects it to Sukkot? The Gemara in Bava Batra 75a describes a feast in the

Hallel: Raising the Roof

Every year during Maggid we retell the story of our leaving Egypt. The festivities for modern-day Pesach only truly begin after dark, with everyone around